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ATTACHMENT 0E WINDOW SHADES T0 RODS WHICH ARE USED WITH THEIR EEEE ENDS.

No. 286,191. Patented Oct. 9, 1883.

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.Unrrnn STATES PATENT. (Grace.

CHARLES r os, on NEW YORK, J. Y.

ATTACHMENT OF WINDOW-SHADES TO RODS WHICH ARE USED WITH THEIR FREE ENDS;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,191, dated October 9, 1883,

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that'I, (linnnns FLos, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Attachment of TVindow-Shades to the Rods which are Used with their Free Ends, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this improvement is to provide a simple and cheap method of attaching shades to the rods which are used at their free ends.

To this end the improvement consists in the combination, with a rod having a longitudinal groove in one edge, of a shade which has one edge inserted in the groove of the rod, is then passed around the rod, and has a portion doubled and inserted into the groove beside the edge port-ion. Preferably, the groove will be enlarged at the bottom, and a locking device will extend through the doubled portion of the shade and within the groove.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a portion of a shade embodying myimprovement, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures.

A designates ashade, of wovenor other suitable material. It may be fastened in any suitable manner to a roller, on which itmay be wound.

]3 designates the rod, which is fastened to the lower end. In the upper edge of this rod is a groove,.a, which at the bottom has an enlargement, Z). The edge portion (1 of the shade is inserted in the groove a. The adjoining portion of the shade is passed around the rod,

and the immediately adjacent portion is doubled, as at d, and inserted into the groove a.

O designates a pin, which is inserted in the bottom of the doubled portion (Z of the shade and within the enlargement b. This pin constitntes a locking device for retaining the doubled portion (1 in the groove. It may be made of metal wire, and preferably will extend the whole length of the rod B. The pin. is so large in diameter that it cannot pass through the narrow part of the groove (1, but

can only be withdrawn by pulling it longitudinally out of the end of the enlargement b. The groove c and its enlargement I) may be lined with a strip of metal. or other mate rial, e, if desirable. The edge portion 0 of the shade will be folded over, and the portion (1 is doubled over, whereupon the edge portion and doubled portion will be brought together and the end of the rod fitted to them. then slid longitudinally along till it is in place. The rod may be quickly and neatly attached to the shade by these means, and can be de tached, and after the shade is cut canbe secured to a fresh place Whenever necessary. The. shade having its rod attached in this manner will present a better appearance, because it will not be perforated, as is unavoidably the case when the rod is secured to it by sewing.

If it is not desired to cover the rod with the.

shade, the latter maybe merely doubled and inserted in the groove and secured by a pin; or, if it is. desired to cover the rod with any material different from that of which theshade is made, the shade may be secured in the way last described, and the edges of the covering material may be folded over and inserted in the groove.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a rod having a longitudinal groove in one edge, of a shade which has one edge inserted in the groove, is

then passed around the rod, and has the adtending through it within the enlargement,

substantially asspecified.

CHARLES FLOS.

TVitnesses:

FREDK. Hrvnns, T. J. KEANE.

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